KINDS 0» STEMS. Igj^ 



Bngl. But. f. 28, and Ili/dra/igfa hor" 

 tcnsis, Sm. Ic. Fict.'t.V2, 



Anctps, two-edged, as Sisi/tinchjum sfria- 

 turn, Sm. Ic. Fid. t. 9. S. gramineiun^ 

 Curt. Mag. t. 464, and some of the 

 genus Lathynis. 



TrigonuSf or Triangularis^ triangular or 



- three-edged, as Cactus triangularis^ 

 Vhikenet, t. 29- /. 3. 



Triqucter, three-sided, is apjD^ied to a stem 

 with 3 flat sides. 



Tetrogonusy or Quaclra?igularis, square, 

 as Lamium album, White Dead-nettle, 

 Engl. Bof. t, 768, and a multitude of 

 other plants. 



Fentagonus, or Quinquangularis, five- 

 sided, as Asparagus horridus, Cavanil- 

 ks Ic. t. 136, where however the cha- 

 racter is not well expressed. 



When the number of ano-les is either 

 variable, or more than five, it is usual 

 merely to describe the stem as angu- 

 losus, angular, except where the precise 

 number makes a specific difference, as 

 in the genus Cactus. 



Alatus, f. 36, winged, when the angles are 

 extended into flat leafy borders, as Fassi^ 



